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After her planet and family are destroyed, a freelance video journalist seeks to document the lives of fellow misfits, refugees, and exiles as they struggle to survive the extermination of our species. In the furthest reaches of our war-torn galaxy, she discovers that humanity can be found in the strangest places- even, sometimes, in someone who isn’t human. Check tags for content warnings.
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03 Nov 2025
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War journalism in space? Xenophobia with aliens? Monster fucking with aliens? Nuanced takes in the complexities of diasporas and reactions to trauma? This fix has it all! Genuinely one of the most well researched, thoughtful, and engaging fics I’ve read this year. OP needs to be a published author with all this talent.
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How do you tell a dog from an SAS sergeant?
Soap's been trying to think of a punchline, but so far, all he's got is a dog’s gotta shit in the woods and bury it slightly more often than an SAS Sergeant.
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12 Sep 2025
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Phenomenal. Loved Soap’s inner dialogue.
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just to see each other (feel it all) by susiecarter for alby_mangroves
Fandoms: Top Gun (1986)
23 Jul 2023
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After Goose's death during a fight with a kaiju, Maverick left the PPDC and didn't look back. But his self-destructive bender gets interrupted by Charlie Blackwood, showing up to invite him to participate in a brand-new weapons development program, codename Top Gun: the first two-pilot jaegers to ever be deployed in the fight to defend humanity. That means Maverick's going to have to get back in a piloting rig again—and he's going to have to do it while drifting with another pilot. Drift compatibility means getting each other, understanding each other, on a level nobody else can beat; so whoever his partner is, at least he's not going to get stuck with the Iceman, who pretty much hates him.
Right?
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22 Mar 2025
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It’s always the PacRim AUs that get me. This has such a good grasp of the characters that the alternative POVs were masterful insights into the Mac and Ice’s minds.
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“So tell me then,” the shapeshifter says, voice dropping into a whine. "What gave it away?"
Dick clenches his jaw hard while he tightens his grip on the knife. “He’s never polite before noon, firstly, he’s got a muscle tick in his left eyebrow, secondly, and he never asks me if we’re going to go, he just says so,” he says, hearing his voice growing louder, the back of his throat tightening up, as emotion threatens to break it. “And he wouldn’t kiss me.”
“He wouldn’t – ?” The shapeshifter pants, “You serious? Fuck.” They start to laugh more croaking noises. “He definitely thinks about it enough that it seemed like he did it for real.”
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03 Oct 2024
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Such a fantastic microcosm of Winnix. Loved the punch this packed despite only taking place over a couple of days.